Gisborne.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume III, Issue 2, 1 August 1912, Page 27

Gisborne.

'Church Extension. — Matters "move .rapidly - in 1 cpjimection . witib;"* our ' scheme- • of 1 -- ex-tending •a-riid • building up the Church m the parish. At Kaiti, on a splendid site about a mile from the centre, a fine Church Hall, seating about 300 people, is building, and should be completed m twoi months. Immediately on "conlpletron it will be unofficially opened. The formal opening will take place when. the Bishop visits us after .Jjvnpd. . We ...with confidence 'that it will' speedily become a strong centre of Church life. At S. John's Hall, m the suburb of Mangapapa there is already a fine work being done. fv Although. l; <. S^ Jibhn's. has not y.et,\ up to-;'. the :"tinje .of- writing., celebrat(«J its first anniversary, v the success of the ing to" see Sunday after" Sunday a fine band of young ; working 1 men attenidinGT and joining heartily m the si?rvi|iJes. At the wish of. the people, there, the V?icar has arranEced to h'dld J a regular Sunday 1 rn'ofnino: service. Some handsome and useful gifts have been made to S. John's, ,and an offer has been made by sotne of the men to line the hall with oiled rimu. We hope soon to be able to report that at Te Hapara. another rising suburb, a section of land will be secured for Church purposes. Regular Sunday eveniner ser- ■ vices are conducted m the schoolroom m this suburb, but we shall not be "satisfied until we have' a

building of our own for social gatherings as well as services. The New Parish Church. — Our big Central Parish Church is slowly but surely raising itself. A portion of the roof is already m position. We are able to see now what a truly magnificent site we have for our centre. The Church itself, although built m severely plain Gothic lines, has a beauty and a dignity all its own. When finished, it will be a ;,handsbfcae bulldog. \-._ \""'\ .A' Spring; Carnival— A_ very large :1 and representative cpmmit,teeHs,hard S at. work preparing for a. j6'ayn%ar, to?" be held m the Theatre m ."September,-, m aid of the Parish Church Building Fund. The enthusiasm and hard work that are already being put into the matter . is very heartening. JSTothing. o.n Mi> large a scale for helping • the Church has been attempted m the Parish heretofore. There is nothing like a big Church building venture to bring out latent enthusiasm. The C.E.M.S. — Our branch keeps pegging away at its appointed tasks. Whilst it is only beginning to " feel '■its feet 7 In the ..Parish,; 1 the Spciety is '•dojffiig.'* really >A, " fre£ arid* 1 easy " sdcral^'fw h'oimeless and friendless seamen and others is held every week. ' The members take regular Sunday duty at the Church doors, welcoming strangers and finding them/ a seat and a book. Our indefatigable Secretary has for some time been busy getting men enrolled on the membership roll. He is also endeavouring to get :the name and addresd .'of every/man attending the -Church. -Mem -are' notoriously shy m repealing their identity, but it is .striking what a little tact and per"suasion can do. To our C.E.M.S belongs the credit of the very large congregation of men that assembles on Sunday evenings. So many have frankly stated that they . cpme because there !is always a handshake* 1 "and-frietidly welcbine *to- bß^Met^ith" at the door. We would not be without our Men's Society for wealth untold. S. Oswald's Guild. — The enthusiasm of our C.E.M.S. is apparently infectious. A large band of boys m their early 'teens asked to be allowed to .jd^ something. We formed a firsujicji' of the above Guild, and set • ihe;?Dbys the task of collecting for materials and games for their club '■■ room^ s It was really quite remark ' abTe^ftow they took up the thankless task, of collecting money, and also the success they achieved. The G" i Id , will -be a fine feeder for . v the .- C.E.I.S.' ' ■ ■■ ;• ■.*■ . v =,;■•'*-■ " Assistant' Curate;— There ls* as ■ i y&t • no word whatever as to the coming from England of our promised assistant priest. The delay is some- . thin?: of a tax on our patience, but we feel confident that ere long an assistant will be forthcoming from somewhere. . We are fortunate m havine: such good friends as the Rev. F. W. Chatterton and the Rev. M. ...W... .Butterfield, who take regular Sunday,, duty. „.Q.ur. l .layt,.re£;der I .s also are a real source of strength to us.